refugee mother and child monument
REFUGEE MOTHER AND CHILD, erected in 1995 at Preston and Sumerset Street W, Ottawa
Life-size statue portrays a Vietnamese mother running away from Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. The statue was selected as winner of the Vietnamese Commemorative Monument Competition in Ottawa in 1995. The bare-footed mother clutches her child in fear and determination as she escapes. The statue, completed in 1995, is a symbol for Vietnamese boat people who came to Canada late after 1975 as the Canadian government opened its arms to refugees to offer them a safe haven in Canada.
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Life-size statue portrays a Vietnamese mother running away from Vietnamese communists in South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. The statue was selected as winner of the Vietnamese Commemorative Monument Competition in Ottawa in 1995. The bare-footed mother clutches her child in fear and determination as she escapes. The statue, completed in 1995, is a symbol for Vietnamese boat people who came to Canada late after 1975 as the Canadian government opened its arms to refugees to offer them a safe haven in Canada.
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- “Rebuffing Hanoi over a Statue,” Globe and Mail (1995)
- “Statue a hit in Ottawa... Angry Vietnam cancels trade talks” The Ottawa Citizen (1995)
- "Ottawa statue riles Vietnam: Trade trip halted in diplomatic row,” The Toronto Star (1995)
- “Statue honours Vietnamese dead,” The Ottawa Sun (1995)
- “Refugee give thanks with sculpture” The Toronto Star (1996)